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  2. FIGHT OR SUBMIT

    Mr. G. S. Beeby, Minister for Labour and Industry, was billed to speak at North Sydney last night on the question of electoral reform by proportional representation. He ...

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  3. RECRUITING.

    A crowded and enthusiastic recruiting meeting was held in the Hobart Town Hall this evening, at which all sections of the community were represented, including the ...

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  4. THE UNIONS.

    Senator Gardiner's patriotic speech in the Senate regarding Labour's duty towards the war was freely discussed in union circles yesterday. Union officials as a whole ...

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  5. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The British are within 120 miles of Mosul, which ia 220 miles NNW of Bagdad. They have captured many guns. A British official report states: We ...

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  6. HEROES ALL.

    The lull in the fighting enables correspondents to describe the stirring incidents of April's battles. Mr. Phillp Gibbs reveals that the Australians relieved the Guards on April ...

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  7. WAR NOTES.

    The announcement made by the British Admiralty this morning regarding a new prohibited area in the North Sea may be taken as another indication of the extension of the ...

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  8. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report of Thursday, says: The enemy's artillery developed considerable, activity early this morning in the Villers-Bretonneux sector, ...

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  9. WEST FRONT

    Sir Douglas Haig reporting on Wednesday night stated: Enemy artillery has been active against back areas in the neighbourhood of Bethune. Enemy artillery ...

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  10. JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

    Baron Goto has succeeded Baron Montono as Japanese Foreign Minister. His appointment is regarded as indicating the definite rejection of schemes for intervention in ...

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  11. BEYOND THE JORDAN.

    A British official report regarding the Palestine campaign states: Early yesterday morning our forces eastward of the Jordan attacked the enemy holding the ...

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  12. NORTH SEA.

    The Admiralty announces that owing to Germany's unrestricted, ruthless warfare by mines and submarinen against all shipping, Great Britain notifies the ...

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  13. LABOUR COUNCIL'S ATTITUDE.

    Considerable public interest was centred in last night's proceedings of the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council, when the recruiting proposals arising out of the recent ...

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  14. GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

    A Paris report says one of the most influential Spanish statesmen, who has returned from Germany, states that the Emperor did not favour the scheme of Hindenburg, ...

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  15. A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.

    During the interval in the performance at the Haberfield Picture Theatre last night, Lieutenant Bruce Nicoll, D.C.M., who is endeavouring to raise a contingent of a ...

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  16. IRELAND.

    At a meeting of the national directory of the United Irish League, Mr. John Dillon, M.P., was elected president. The meeting carried a resolution claiming that Ireland ...

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  17. LULL IN THE LANDERS FIGHTING.

    The enemy has allowed two clear days to elapse without attempting to renew his effort against the fixed objectives selected for his unsuccessful effort on Monday last. This ...

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  18. MEETINGS.

    The following meetings will be held to-day:- Martin-place, 1 p.m.—Lieut. Thomson, Captain Aarons, Sergt. Smith, Sergt. Salisbury, ...

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  19. BRITISH SAILORS.

    Mr. Havelock Wilson (president of the National Seamen's Union), in an interview, said "Nearly 15,000 British seamen have been murdered by German pirates during the war ...

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  20. THE PROHIBITED AREA.

    The above map shows the prohibited area which the Admiralty announces will be established in the North Sea from May 15, owing to Germany's unrestricted ruthless warfare by mines and submarines against all shipping. It is evidently intended to lay down a now British minefield in this area as a barrier against ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. MERCANTILE MARINE

    The recently formed Navy League forwards the following statement issued by the National War Aims Committee, and published in England: ...

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  22. HOLLAND AND GERMANY.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent says the German-Dutch agreement confines the transport on canals to a limited quantity of broken stone, not sand and gravel ...

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  23. PALESTINE AND MESOPOTAMIA.

    While the lull following the German repulse on Monday last has resulted in a considerable falling-off in the amount of news received from the Western front, messages ...

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  24. IRISH PROBLEM.

    The political correspondent of the "Daily News" says the Government is involved in serious difficulties over its Irish policy. Firstly, it has not yot been able to find a ...

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  25. BUILDING SHIPS.

    Mr. Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the U.S.A. Shipping Board, has announced that the ship construction in April was 240,000 deadweight tons, being an increase of 60,000 ...

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  26. ITALIAN FRONT.

    An Italian official report states: The British raided south west of Canove and southward of Asiago, inflicting losses. There is reciprocal artillery fire, at Tonale, ...

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  27. AUSTRALIAN VETERANS.

    A New York report says a contingent of Australians, mostly veterans, bound from Australia for France, is due to arrive to help the Liberty Loan campaign. ...

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  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lord Islington (ex-Governor of New Zealand) has undergone a serious operation. His condition is critical. Gabriel Princip, the murderer of the ...

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  29. ENEMY LOSSES.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" states that high military officers are of the opinion that the German losses in the Picardy and Flanders campaigns ...

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  30. RUSSIA.

    A German official report states: Finnish troops captured Viborg. We occupied Theodosia, in the Crimea. ...

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  31. UKRAINE AND BALKANS.

    It is reported from Zurich that the Austrian Emperor and the entire military staff, with Count Burian and the diplomatic staff, will proceed immediately to German headquarters ...

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  32. REMARKABLE TRENCH SYSTEM

    According to a Washington message it is stated that 27 series of trenches have been constructed between the Flanders battle front and Paris. ...

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  33. HUGE WOODEN VESSEL.

    The "Liverpool Courier" says that the biggest wooden vessel in the world, called the "War Mystery," hag been launched for the Cunard Company. It is 315 feet long, and has ...

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  34. AMERICA'S ARMY.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Tribune" says that Mr. Baker, Secretary for War, will submit his estimates for army reinforcement in a few days. It is ...

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  35. A.L.P. EXECUTIVE.

    At the meeting of the executive of the Australian Labour party, held on Wednesday night, consideration was given to the report of the delegates to the Governor-General's ...

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  36. HOLLAND.

    An Amsterdam message says it is untrue to state that Holland yielded to the German demands, though the sand and gravel question was probably settled in Germany's ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS.

    Two official Australian artists are represented at the Academy. Mr. Power has three large war pictures, two belog hung on the line. Mr. Quinn's portrait of General ...

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  38. SLY GROG-SELLING.

    Mr. W. M. MacFarlane, Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, recently commented on the apparent increase in the number of sly grog cases coming before the Court, and the fact ...

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  39. GERMANY'S EASTERN POLICY.

    The news recently received from Russia regarding the counter-revolution in Petrograd must be received with extreme caution, as it is evident that the Germans ...

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  40. THE AMERICANS.

    A New York message says: General Foch has cabled to Mr. Strong, Governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, praising the valour of the American soldiers. He ...

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  41. AMERICAN WHEAT CROP.

    Mr. Hoover, Food Administrator in the United States, in tha course of a speech in New York, said he expected the American wheat crop this year to amount to more than ...

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  42. NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING.

    The Newmarket Spring Meeting took place to-day, when the principal race on the card remitted as under:- TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES of 100 ...

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  43. CHURCH AND LABOUR.

    The Upper House of the Convocation of Canterbury passed a resolution calling on the Church to bring about a truer fellowship between all engaged in national industries. The ...

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  44. MR. HOLMAN WONT QUARREL.

    Yesterday, Mr. Holman, Premier, said he did not propose to enter into any controversy with Mr. Rae or anybody else. He was surprised that critics of the ...

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  45. GENERAL CABLES.

    The American Liberty loan has reached two and a half billion dollars. A Capetown message states that this morning the Assembly passed, unopposed, the third ...

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  46. GERMAN EMPEROR.

    Advices from Berne, received in Rome, state that the Imperial entourage is alarmed at the German Emperor's mental condition. He seems to be the victim of a remarkeable ...

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  47. WOMAN MURDERED.

    The body of Mrs. Charles Whitelaw, who, with her husband, had been missing from her home near Norwell since Tuesday night, was found to-day a few yards from the ...

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  48. FLOATING MINE.

    It was reported recently that the lookout of a vessel which has arrived in Sydney while an voyage from an Eastern port sighted an object resembling a mine floating in the ...

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  49. "IT IS MY DUTY TO DEFEND YOU."

    Lieutenant Allan Backhouse, writing to his parents in Strathfield, says:- "Do you realise that if the Huns are victorious, all you who are dearest and ...

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  50. POSTAL SERVICE.

    Reference was made to-day by the Postmaster-General, Mr. Webster, to the difficulty which the war was imposing on the administration of the postal service. He desired to ...

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  51. INDIA'S LOYALTY.

    The Press Bureau states that the Viceroy of India has transmitted to the King-Emperor the unanimous resolution of the Delhi Conference, conveying a loyal response to His ...

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  52. THE NAVY.

    The Admiralty reports that the sloop Cowslip was torpedoed and sunk on April 25. Five officers and one man are missing. It is presumed that they were killed by the explosion. ...

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